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Will Pleasure Satisfy?
Ecclesiastes 2:1-3
Introduction:
Last week I introduced our series with a quote from a show I had watched that described our culture today:
“Vanity Fair is a world where everyone is striving for what is not worth having”
This series of messages is designed for you to consider what life is like without God.
“A life without God is meaningless”
This morning as we look at the question, “will pleasure satisfy?” can be answered by looking at the pleasures of life with God or without Him?
True pleasure can only be satisfying with God
The Test o
To Test Life with Pleasure, vs. 1-2
Prove thee with mirth
Prove- like putting something to the fire in order to test its genuiness
Mirth- sensory joy- something or someone that provides a source of sensory pleasure of happiness
Enjoy Pleasure
Enjoy- seeing or understanding
Pleasure- giving pleasure of satisfaction
The result
Vanity- meaningless
Laughter is mad or foolish
Pleasure- what use is it?
The Pleasures Sought, vs. 3-11
Wine
This is the fermentation of grape juice
Yet he used wisdom- in other words he did not give himself over to drunkeness and addiction
Folly
The idea is foolish and senseless behavior
The purpose to find meaning
The days of men are short
Phrases used today
Eat, drink and be merry
YOLO- you only live once
Fame and fortune, vs. 4-9
The extravagance of property, vs. 4-6
The Staffing of the Home, vs. 7a
The Greatness of His Source of Income- 7b
The wealth, vs. 8a
The entertainment, vs. 8b
The fame, vs. 9
The Results,
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The intensity of the test, vs. 10
Its conclusion- meaningless
Many people pursue the rich and famous lifestyle only to find despair
True Joy and Pleasure are from and in God, vs. 24-26
True Joy
God desires us to enjoy the fruits of our labors
There is nothing in man that he should find these things, apart from Him we cannot enjoy it.
It is from the hand of God
Believe in riches or God
Do good with what gives to you
Rich man- warning on coveteouness
God is the provider to those who please Him with that which is good, wisdom, knowledge and joy
Joy recieved
What God gives to those who doesn’t please him
What God gives to those who dont please him
Travail
Gather up and heap up only to give to those who do please God
Meaningless
Conclusion:
It is far more important to enjoy life with God than without Him.
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